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Monday, November 17, 2008

pants made from pants

Thanks for all the get well wishes. I am happy to report that I am feeling much better. It was good to take a little break, but I am so happy to be back. I missed you guys!

This project has been in my head for months. It's simple, quick and inexpensive.I took a pair of my pants that no longer fit me properly, placed pattern pieces (in my daughter's size) at the bottom hem of the pants, cut and sewed these up in a jiffy.Adding a casing and some elastic at the top was all I needed to do to finish them up since the hem was already in place. These will compliment my daughter's many pink sweaters. I love pink and brown together.I think the entire process took less than one hour, which included drafting a pattern from an existing pair of her pants and testing the pattern using a vintage pillow case.

I contemplate doing things like this all the time, but I have a hang-up about cutting up something that's still wearable. I'd rather donate it so that someone else can wear it as it is. I really need to get over this. :-)

I can't believe I never thought of that when my kids were little. My oldest son would blow through a pair of pants the third time he wore them, always the right knee. Thank goodness for kid vantage at Sears or he never would have been able to leave the yard.

Welcome back! I missed you!I love to re-fashion my clothes into my daughters, but have never thought to use the existing hem. What a great idea. I am looking all over the house for my hubby's pants to try this trick on.

Good job-glad you are feeling better! Nothing worse then being so sick that you can not create! I often recycle clothes. In fact sometimes I will buy a peice of clothing, table clothe etc from a thrift shop with the intentions of re-creating it into something else. My grandmother who raised me and taught me to sew also taught me how to make do with what you haveand be resourceful! I am so blessed to have learned so much from her. I love your blog-glad to have found it! Thanks for the inspiration have a wonderful week...~Tam :D

Oh, yes! Those are sweet. I'm happy to see you made a template first. I have kept all of mine from the past, just in case I ever need to make a pair for another little baby/child. I have them all labeled with the date and the age of the baby/child.

I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better after a bit of a break.And I have to say, I am not a squealer, but when I first saw this photo of your daughter's adorable new pants, I let out the teeniest tiniest squeal. They are unbelievably cute!